The Grumpy Editor's Guide to distributions for laptops

Did you notice any funny business with the master wireless disable switch on the Thinkpad?  I
have the X61 model and the behavior is very odd.  If the machine is booted with the master
wireless switch in the off position, all the radios are on and the switch does nothing.  If
the machine is booted with the switch in the on position, it works normally.

I also wonder about your (or readers') experiences with "laptop mode".  When my Ubuntu 8.04
machine boots, the disk runs all the time.  If I manually issue "laptop_mode start" then the
disk is configured for periodic shutdown.  Why isn't laptop mode started on boot?  I also
notice that I have to reissue this command after wake from sleep.

Would be interested also if someone could measure power usage while the machine is asleep.